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Coq au vin à la Bercy

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Ingredients for 4 servings:

  • 1 chicken
  • salt and pepper
  • 4 tbsp butter
  • 6 mushrooms, large, sliced
  • 2 slices smoked bacon, finely chopped
  • 6 shallots, chopped
  • 1 clove(s) garlic, crushed
  • 1 tbsp flour
  • 1 bottle of white wine

Instructions

Working time approx. 1 hour 10 minutes; Total time approx. 1 hour 10 minutes

Chicken in white wine, wine merchant style

Prepare the chicken for cooking, then cut it into four pieces and season with salt and pepper. Brown it well on all sides in 2 tablespoons of butter. Brown the sliced ​​mushrooms, diced bacon, onions, and the garlic clove (pressed through a garlic press) in the other half of the butter, then add the four chicken pieces. After about 10 minutes, drain all the fat into a large pot, mix it with the flour, and then let it brown. Add the wine and bring to a boil, stirring constantly. Add the four chicken pieces and all the other ingredients to the resulting wine sauce, bring back to a boil, and then simmer for another 30 minutes over moderate heat, letting it simmer rather than boil. Don’t forget to season the sauce again before serving. BON APPETIT!

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Written by John Myers

Professional Chef with 29 years of industry experience at the highest levels. Restaurant owner. Beverage Director with experience creating world-class nationally recognized cocktail programs. Food writer with a distinctive Chef-driven voice and point of view.

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